Sign the contract

JACE MORRAY

I paced angrily around my sitting room, waiting impatiently for my men to give me a call, scarlet had gone too far this time, this very moment was crucial for me and she thought she could just back down, and run away from me, after making a deal with me, never, I'll make sure to find her, and bring her back here.

I picked up the incoming call immediately after the first ring, hoping they'd brought good news.

I sent my men to search around for Scarlet and bring her back to me at all costs, no matter what it took.

Scarlet Grace must be found at all costs, even if it meant tearing the whole city down, they had to bring her back, and finding another replacement would be a problem.

"Boss, we just found Lady Scarlet.." Chris informed me over the phone and I found myself sighing in relief.

Finally, she had been found, she thought she could get away from me.

"Bring her to me.." I said, then disconnected the call, tossing my phone away.

I intended to deal with her, she needed to know that I was not the one to mess with.

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My men dragged a struggling scarlet into the room, while she kept yelling for them to set her free.

"Let me go!!" She yelled, how dare she?" She dared to speak after trying to play me for a fool. She must have forgotten for a split second the kind of person I was, probably I've been too lenient.

I took heavy steps to where she was, wrapping my hands around her neck, the next second, pinning her to the wall. After I was done with her, she was never going to try anything stupid.

"You have the guts, huh.." I scoffed in sarcasm, and I took a good look at the woman gasping for breath in front of me, while I choked her, she's looking different today, she must have wanted to run away from here and break the deal.

"You think you can go extra lengths to get away from me don't you?" I questioned meaningfully. I noticed she had changed her eye color, it was no longer the usual brown ones, they were now sea blue, same with her hair, which was now darker in color. She had probably thought she could play smart, but I don't care about any damn hair color.

I finally removed my hands from her neck. I couldn’t kill her, though I would have loved to do so, for trying to deceive me, but right now, she's very useful.

"Don't dare me, Scarlet.." my eyes blazed in anger, as I punched my fist on the wall. I saw her tremble in fright, shaking like a chicken who had been drenched in the rain, well that was how it was supposed to be, I'm Jace Morray!

"Don't ever think of crossing me again, scarlet Grace" I spelled out, warning her in a menacing tone, sending deadly glares at her.

"Or else, you will regret the day you were born, scarlet..." I threatened, and my threat seemed to have worked, as I noticed her body stiffen, she was intimidated by me.

"Damn you to hell.." I gritted my teeth in frustration, running my hands through my hair.

"I promise you the next time you try something stupid, you'll get punished.." I stated.

"Severely.." I growled at her,

"You think trying to change your looks or anything will help?" I smacked my lips in anger, trying to control myself, I took a look at her, she stood quietly, with her head facing down, and she trembled, she looked visibly shaken. I must have gone too far, but she deserved that, she deserved all of it.

"You can try running away again.." I muttered, picking up a document, as I threw it to her, which she caught in time, with shaky hands.

"Sign the documents.." I ordered,

"Don't forget you've agreed on the deal before, so there's no backing down, no matter what…" I said to her in a stern voice, this was a marriage contract between the both of us, a marriage that was going to last for a hundred days.

I'm getting married not because I want to, but because I have to, as the only son of my father, and the rightful owner of the company shares. I can only get what rightfully belongs to me when I get married which I'm not ready for.

The only option was to go for a contract marriage because I was not ready to settle down with anyone.

"I..I.." she began, stammering in a low voice.

"Don't even think of it.." I snapped at her in anger, pointing my index finger at her, and my guards around stepped away, a little far from where Scarlet and I stood.

They sure didn't want to get a taste of my wrath, they're all aware of how ruthless I could be. Scarlet was indeed so lucky that I was being nice to her, she would have gotten a more severe punishment from me.

"Not another word from you Miss Scarlet Grace," I drew out, word by word. I was so infuriated by her actions. I wasn’t going to let her ruin my plans with her stupid action. I would never allow that to happen, not after coming this far.

"Not another word, give her a pen.."I instructed Chris, who stepped forward and gave her a pen.

"Sign it.." I said to her, she slowly collected the pen from Chris, obviously shaken, scared, and intimidated as she opened the documents, scanning through it with a curious look on her face. She had this look on her face, but that was none of my business, she should sign the papers and get done with all of this drama.

"You've got to be kidding me, a hundred million dollars!!" She squealed, her eyes wide as saucers, which took all of us in the room by surprise, wondering what must have made her scream that way when I had already given her the details a few days before she decided to escape from me.